​Princeton University Figure Skating Club

Nikie Owens

Head Coach

Nicole (Nikie) Owens has been a synchronized figure skater since age eleven, beginning her career with five years on Precisely Right SST, including two years competing at the Junior level. She then skated with Skyliners SST Junior and Senior teams for a total of four years. She was a member of the Junior World Team in the 2010-11 season, placing 5th, with gold medals at U.S. National Championships, and the Spring Cup in Milan, Italy as a member of Team USA. For the following 3 years, Nikie was a member of the Skyliners Senior team (Co-Captain for two years), beginning in its inaugural season and earning Team USA designation that first year. She was a student athlete throughout her career, continuing on Skyliners Senior through junior year of college. While at Rutgers University, she was an Executive Board member and Team Coach for the Rutgers University Figure Skating Club. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Rutgers, and continued on to pursue her Master's degree in Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College Columbia University in NYC. Simultaneously, she began working with Figure Skating in Harlem, a non-profit afterschool program that integrates figure skating with education. She worked as Assistant Director for the figure skating school, coordinating and running the Learn to Skate USA program curriculum in the group class setting while managing the coaching staff and directing the annual Ice Show alongside the sensational management team. Nikie was Team Manager to three synchronized skating teams over three seasons, and ran summer synchro skills camps annually. She now works at Allergan as a Clinical Scientist on antidepressant drug research trials, and is delighted to begin coaching the Princeton University Synchronized Skating Team.